If one amount is proportional to another, the two amounts increase and decrease at the same rate so there is always the same relationship between them.
例句
Loss of weight is directly proportional to the rate at which the disease is progressing.体重的下降与病情发展的速度成正比。...a proportional fee based on the final sale price.与最后销售价格成比例的费用
英汉词典释义
adj.
比例的, 成比例的
The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
Adjective
1. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to';
"punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime""earnings relative to production"